On Wednesday morning, you are warmly invited to an artist’s talk by Mark Martin, Guest Artist of Jack Vees’ Studio Techniques and Contemporary Popular Music seminar. Mark will discuss his creative practice as a world-renowned beatboxer and collaborative artist.

Mark Martin is best known for playfully blurring the lines between language and sound through his energetic and dynamic blend of beatboxing and theater. Martin was recently featured in a Tedx Talk about his work with beatboxing, check it out here. Winner of the 2016 American Beatbox Championships and the 2016 International 2016 BeatRhyme Battle, Mark has battled in and judged many international beatbox battles including the World Beatbox Championships, and the Grand Beatbox Battle. Martin is a passionate educator who has taught in NYC for over 8 years, in addition to workshops all over the world, and private students via the internet. Together Martin and Mullady created a curriculum teaching beatboxing as a tool for speech therapy. Their work was recently featured in artist Reeps One’s series “We Speak Music”, check it out here. Martin is passionate about combing and collaborating between different creative mediums, especially cooking and dance.